FAQ

Why do you have two categories of winners?

We love to work with anyone using Minecraft as a Learning tool. I mean Hey! We create Educational Minecraft games! So we wanted to provide an opportunity for both Individuals and Collaborative Classrooms to share in Celebrating Shakespeare's life.

FAQ

How will you notify the winners?

When you submit an entry you will need to include a valid Email Address. We will be notifying you via this address.

FAQ

My kids are in Homeschool can I still apply as a classroom?

No. We're sorry. The reason we've allocated a $200 bursary for classrooms is because they typically have a larger group of students, and a lower budget per students in funding. But, your kids can submit as many entries as you'd like into the individual category.

FAQ

How do I submit an entry?

Submitting an entry is simple. Click the submit button at the top of the page, and you will be directed to our simmple online submission form. Fill it out, upload your screen shots, images, videos, ect and include links to any of your other information and voilla! Be sure to follow the terms and conditions and fill in all the required information.

FAQ

How are you choosing the winners?

All winners will be chosen by a judging panel made up of MineGage staff, Outside Educators and Minecraft Community Members. Based on the broad criteria outlined we will unanimously choose the favorite winner each category.

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How long will it take to choose a winner?

This all depends on the number of entries submitted. The contest deadline has been extended to June 13, 2016 12:00 AM EST. Once all entries are recieved by the deadline we expect to have a decision reacehed within 2 weeks, but we can't make guarantees.

FAQ

Why are you running this contest?

Well there are many reasons so lets give you the highlights:

We Love Shakespeare and wanted to find a unique way to celebrate his life with Minecraft.

We build Learning Games in Minecraft, and have been wanting to release some of our builds to the public for a while now. This gives us a perfect reason to share a small Part of our Elizabethan London Educational Game World

We want to start developing a bit more of a community around Minecraft and Education, nothing is better for getting people to build a community than a community contest.

We're getting ready to launch our first Educational Open World Adventure Game so we thought you should get a chance to know us, the quality of our work, and have fun in the process.

FAQ

We don't have Minecraft, can We still enter?

Yes of course! Even though the contest requires you focus on Minecraft! There are many options that you have such as:

Draw or Colour in a Papercraft Printout of Shakespeare or some Shakespearean Characters

Rewrite one of shakespeare's Scenes using minecraft language. Perhaps instead of "To be, or not to be" you want to work with "To mine or not to mine". Just be sure to be creative and impress us with your imagination.

FAQ

Not all of Shakespeare's plays are age appropriate
for young kids, how can I still participate?

We get that! That's why we've made this contest revolve around Shakespeare's life and Minecraft. Remember it doesn't need to be just about his plays. If you want to find some of his plays in child friendly reading format, there are so many rewritten versions of Shakespeare's plays. Simply do a google search for Shakespeare for Kids and you'll find amazing resources.

FAQ

Can we submit more than one entry?

Simply: Yes! We just ask that you don't submit the same thing over and over and over again. We're going to be picking the favorites and that will just make it annoying. But if you want to for example submit: a Remake of a Play, an Screenshot of your Shakespeares House, a Written Story of Shakespeare surviving his first night in Minecraft, well than sure submit those all as three separate entries. Good Luck!

SHAKESPEARE and MINECRAFT

Remember to keep it all about celebrating the life of Shakespeare with
Minecraft! You can do whatever you want to do, as long as it's relevant.
We're looking for submissions that help more people connect with
the Shakespeare, so find some cool facts about him and create away!

TALK ABOUT SHAKESPEARE

We want to know why you got involved in this contest and what you learned
about shakespeare. Tell us what you liked about him, or what you didn't.
It's up to you!

SOCIAL SHARE

OK! So this one isn't being judged on, but we think it's cool to share the
celebration of Shakespeare's life.

We want you to use Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram to share your creations.
If you include the #MineGageShakespeare
we may even share it with our whole community!

IDEAS TO START WITH

What will I win?

This contest is a learning and design contest, and we think that you
will win an amazing experience!
But we wanted to offer a little bit more for taking part, so we're going to
provide $250.00 worth of prizes for the winners chosen in the following categories!

CLASSROOM CATEGORY

$200 CLASS BURSARY

We are encouraging Classrooms
and Minecraft Clubs around the
world to participate.

The winning classroom* will
be awarded a $200 USD
Classroom Bursary to help
cover classroom expenses.

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES

$50 Personal BURSARY

We don't want to miss out on
individuals or homeschools
either.

A winning individual** will be
chosen and will be awarded
a $50 USD Bursary to spend
on, well anything you need!

*Eligable Classrooms must have an eligible school email address attached to their submissions.

**Submissions from children under 13, must have parental consent to submit to the contest (All
checks must be payable to an individual of Legal Age in your jurisdiction)

Please see the TERMS AND CONDITIONS for more details.

FAQ

Why do you have two categories of winners?

How will you notify the winners?

My kids are in Homeschool can I still apply as a classroom?

How are you choosing the winners?

How long will it take to choose a winner?

Why are you running this contest?

How do I submit an entry?

Can we submit more than one entry?

Not all of Shakespeare's plays are age appropriate
for young kids, how can I still participate?